Sportsman’s Notebook University Should Take Tennis Title

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 12

Sportsman’s Notebook University Should Take Tennis Title

University has a good chance of winning the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association’s senior men’s competition on the final day at Wilding Park on Saturday. In the final of the A section knock-out, University will meet Edgeware, a team it lost to in the first round when University was not at full strength but which it should be able to cope with at its best.

University won the competition in 1954-55, 55-56, and 57-58. Edgeware was a new team in the competition in 1960-61 and has justified its inclusion and it could bring off a surprise result. After the first round. Edgeware and Cashmere were ahead on points, mainly because University had tost

three matches during the vacation. In the first round of the knock-out, University, back to strength, beat Cashmere, and Edgeware beat Elmwood. University will be without D. A. Henderson on Saturday, but it hopes to have G. A. Davidson, L. J. Walpole. P. S. Alexander, R. Goodall, and D. Heatherbell from whom to choose. The Edgeware players have been L. Martin, T. Harneiss, B. Baxter. B. Crofts, and P. Boatwood. Cashmere and Elmwood will play off in the losers’ match and in the B section ‘he winners, Woolston and United, and the losers, North Linwood and Barrington, will □lay. The senior women's comoetition will complete two rounds, but Cashmere, which has the bye, has already won

the competition for the fifth season in succession. It is unbeaten with 7j points from seven wins and a tie. The next team is Fendaiton, which has 41 points and will still be two points behind if it beats the bottom team, Shirley, on Saturday. * * • Marching Tour Canterbury’s most successful senior marching team in recent yeses, Philips Hi Z, will leave for a3} weeks' tour of Australia today. The team, which has been the Canterbury centre senior champion since 1859, has had an Australian march plan to learn as this differs from the one used here, and will be competing in championships at Brisbane and Dalby (inland Queensland). In the last few seasons. Philips Hi Z has had a large degree of success at South Island and national championships. At the last four South Island titles it has been second three times and third on the other occasion. In the New Zealand championships of 1962, Philips Hi Z won the display and the marker and was third in the team contest.

The leader, Miss J. Falloon, was judged South Island champion leader at the championships held recently. * * * Rugby Discussion Senior Rugby coaches and referees will meet for a discussion on the interpretation of rules at a meeting arranged by the Canterbury Rugby Union. At the annual meeting of the union, Mr L. J. Russell suggested that it would help senior coaches if referees could explain to them the reasons for some of the rulings. He said that from "his experience as a coach often he had been mystified by rulings given by referees in senior matches.

It is possible that the Canterbury representative selectors will also be present at the meeting to discuss with the senior coaches the requirements of the selectors for the representative team.

KAIAPOI LADIES’ CLUB.— Nancy McCormack foursome: Mesdames W. Lintott and R. Adams 89. 22—87; Mesdames J. Monk and R. Cassidy, 89, 18—71; Mesdames D. Thom and I. Harris. 99. 28—71.